Most of us enjoy the fine arts but don't expect to have any art ourselves. The high price of art makes it impossible to bring home. We would like to enjoy the same scenery as others with bigger pocketbooks. One possible idea is to have the original picture copied and made into a poster instead. You can even have fine art posters framed. This helps they stay nicer longer. If you have a nice frame around a poster, it can also help it look like a real picture instead of a poster. There are not that many art posters at your average store, though. Shops generally follow trends, when they determine >> Continue Reading. Click HERE .......

When you are ready to enter your artwork in local art competitions, here are nine art tips that can help make this a great experience. Art Competition Jurors One of the favorite pastimes of entrants is trying to predict the kind of artwork a particular juror will accept, based on that juror's painting style. Sometimes picking your entries in this way works and you get in, but I've also seen jurors choose an eclectic mix of styles and subjects, only some of which were like their own. Art Tip # 1 - My advice is just enter your best work - art that shows skillful use of your painting medium, a we >> Continue Reading. Click HERE .......